2024 General Election Endorsements

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The Palos Verdes Democrats does not endorse candidates or measures/propositions on the ballot. However, we do follow the official party endorsements, which are provided by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP).

Please note: The endorsement process is still ongoing, and we will update this page as needed.

The LACDP endorsements are provided on their website and provide here for local races:

LA County Democratic Party RECOMMENDATIONS for Nov 5th, 2024
Candidates/Propositions/Measures

Track Your Ballot with BallotTrax https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/

Blue Voter Guide - helpful to see who is endorsing whom - https://bluevoterguide.org/

Some helpful endorsement links:

LA County Democratic Party endorsements: https://www.lacdp.org/candidates

Indivisible Endorsement Tracker Nov 2024 see who is endorsing whom/what:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uJgIIdDvXRgI_0WG-uRzV-MlZq3mSWR1ryJPUxty06Y/edit?gid=0#gid=0

League of Women Voters (LWV) ballot recommendations: https://lwvc.org/ballot-recommendations/

City/Local

PVE City Council Member - Vote for 2 No Endorsements
RPV City Council Member – Vote for 2 George Lewis
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District - Vote for 2 Ami Gandhi
Eric Alegria
Los Angeles Community College District Member of the Board of Trustees, Seat 1 Andra Hoffman
Los Angeles Community College District Member of the Board of Trustees, Seat 3 David Vela
Los Angeles Community College District Member of the Board of Trustees, Seat 5 Nichelle Henderson
Los Angeles Community College District Member of the Board of Trustees, Seat 7 Kelsey Iino
PVE City Treasurer No Endorsement
Member of the State Assembly, 66th District Al Muratsuchi
US Representative, 36th District Ted Lieu
PV Peninsula Unified School District Measure SOS YES

State Measures

Measure 2 - Bonds for Public School and Community College YES
Measure 3 - Constitutional Right to Marriage YES
Measure 4 - Bonds for Water, Fire Prevention, Climate Risks YES
Measure 5 - Allows Local Bonds for Affordable Housing YES
Measure 6 - Eliminates Constitutional Provision Allowing Involuntary Servitude for Incarcerated Persons YES
Measure 32 - Raises Minimum Wage YES
Measure 33 - Expands Local Governments' Authority to Enact Rent Control YES
Measure 34 - Restricts Spending of Prescription Drug Revenues by Certain Health Care Providers No Recommendation
Measure 35 - Provides Permanent Funding for Medi-Cal Health Care Services YES
Measure 36 - Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes NO

District

Fire Protection Special Tax Measure E YES
City Governance Reform Measure G YES
Water Replenishment District Member, Board of Directors, Division 2 Rob Katherman
PV Library District Member, Board of Trustees - Vote for 2 Zoe Unno
Holly Vanderdonck

County

District Attorney George Gascon
Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 39 George A. Turner, Jr.
Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 48 Ericka Wiley
Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 97 Sharon Ransom
Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 135 Georgia Huerta
Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 137 Tracey Blount
County Measure G - City Governance Reform YES
County Measure A - Homelessness Services & Affordable Housing YES

National Election

President and Vice PresidentKamala Harris
Tim Walz
US Senator - Full Term Adam Schiff
US Senator - Short Term (Unexpired term ending Jan 3, 2025)Adam Schiff